| It appears the Dubli and the Dubli Network | | | | Whoever spends the credits to help the price of |
| domains were both registered in Germany, | | | | the product reach zero wins that particular |
| although I'm not able to find out from whois data | | | | auction. Under both methods you'll still be |
| exactly when they were registered. The founder | | | | responsible for paying shipping fees to have the |
| is Michael Hansen. When I visited their website I | | | | product delivered to you. |
| noticed that only 240 or so products total were | | | | In the last 5 minutes before the auction ends |
| available for aucton here so this isn't ebay. | | | | they will only accept single bids. Once of the |
| A post I read from a forum as of the time of | | | | things that I think is strange about the Dubli |
| writing this is that the company only made an | | | | system is that in contrast to ebay where the |
| average of one sale per day. The company | | | | highest bidder is awarded the product, with this |
| claimes that new products are added to their | | | | system the lowest single bidder wins the auction. I |
| website on a daily basis. In order to bid on any | | | | can't seem to wrap my standard auction thinking |
| product on their website you have to get an | | | | brain around why this company would do this. I |
| account with them. Getting an account with them | | | | don't think this system makes it easy at all for an |
| is free but if you want to place a bid you will be | | | | average person to find what they want, bid and |
| required to purchase credits with them. The | | | | get out of there with a product. |
| company offers single credits as well as credit | | | | The other thing I thought was strange was that |
| packages. | | | | Dubli offered a "Mystery Car" someone purchased |
| If you happen to win an auction on the Dubli site | | | | for about $8,900 that retailed at $26,000. Sure it's |
| you are allowed to pay by credit card but they | | | | great to get a bargain on a car, but who would |
| won't let you use credits as these credits are only | | | | buy a car they haven't seen for almost 9k? Next |
| used to make bids. So basically what they are | | | | I went to the Dubli Network site to read about |
| saying is you have to pay just to bid on an item. | | | | the business opportunity. |
| You can purchase anywhere from 10 Credits for | | | | Other than quoting the statistics on how well |
| $8.00 or 500 Credits for $400.00. | | | | eBay is doing, all I saw on there was that |
| You won't be able to see the real price of a | | | | customers you referred to the Dubli Network |
| product on the Dubli Auction Site until you place | | | | were linked for life and that you make |
| a credit. The company claims that when you place | | | | commissions each time they purchase something |
| a bid on one of their products, the price will | | | | at Dubli. They also say this goes on multiple levels, |
| decrease and sometimes by a lot. They have | | | | but couldn't find details anywhere on the exact |
| two different auction methods from what I can | | | | amounts paid. This is something else that |
| see on their site. I see they link to hundreds of | | | | concerns me is the information is so vague. |
| retailers and charge for coupons and gift cards. | | | | The site seems like more of a lottery than an |
| They added an shopping mall in April of 2009. | | | | auction site. There are some skeptical sites and |
| Under the Xpress method each time you place a | | | | forums out there probably because they don't |
| credit the price will decrease by 25 cents. | | | | totally understand the system. But Dubli has a |
| Then you'll get to see how much the product is | | | | listing in Wikipedia which mentioned they donated |
| at that time. If you like the price you can go | | | | money to charities. But I can't find any direct |
| ahead and buy it then. Under the ZerO method | | | | evidence that MLM Distributors haven't received |
| each time you place a bid the price of the | | | | commissions or that product purchasers haven't |
| product also decreases by 25 cents. This goes for | | | | received products. |
| each time you or a competitive bidder place a bid. | | | | |